Activities Of Professional Associations Research Articles

The importance of "factory-workshops" in the activities of individual representatives of Lviv architects and sculptors milieu in the 1730s and 1760s.

The purpose of the article is to study the organization and activities of professional associations of Lviv architects and sculptors, known in the sources as "factory(fabryky)-workshops", during the construction and sculptural decoration of sacred and secular buildings in Lviv and outside its borders in the 1730-s – 1760-s. The methodology of the research is based on the principle of objectivity and historicism, a systematic approach to the study of historical-artistic and socio-economic phenomena in their development and interrelationships. The use of methods of analysis and synthesis, problem-thematic, descriptive and historical-chronological approach made it possible to optimally solve the research task. The scientific novelty of the research involves the description of the activity and internal organization of the factory-workshops of Lviv architects and sculptors during the construction and sculptural decoration of objects of a secular and sacred nature, the importance of the factory-workshops of Lviv artists in obtaining profitable orders, as well as in confrontation with the city corporation. Conclusions. In the professional activity of Lviv architects and sculptors, a significant role was played by the process of organizing the most qualified workers around them into professional associations, which are known in the sources as "factory-workshops". Thanks to them, artists got the opportunity to control most of the orders when creating objects of a secular and sacred nature in the city and beyond. This, in turn, caused a confrontation with the city corporation. Free craftsmen managed to win a number of victories over the corporation on a legal basis thanks to the support of influential patrons, magnate families, representatives of the higher clergy, as well as royal privileges that exempted artists from the claims of the corporation and city authorities.

Conservation-restoration in the Czech Republic

This paper brießy summarises approaches to restoring cultural sites and artefacts in the Czech Republic from the establishment of the so-called Czech Restoration School at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague to the current scientiÞc concept of conservation-restoration based on broader interdisciplinary co-operation. Major universities and schools which teach young conservators-restorers are listed, and the activities of professional associations and methodological workplaces are also described. The paper is centred on an overview of regulatory legislative measures in regard to carrying out restoration work. These measures include the so-called restorer’s licence granted by the Ministry of Culture for the restoration of cultural monuments which are works of art or craftsmanship.

Is Social Participation Associated with Successful Aging among Older Canadians? Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

The present study examines various activities of social participation (i.e., church or religious activities; educational or cultural activities; service club or fraternal organization activities; neighbourhood, community, or professional association activities; volunteer or charity work; and recreational activities) as contributing factors to successful aging. Successful aging in this study includes the following: adequate social support, no limitations with respect to Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), no mental illness in the preceding year, no serious cognitive decline or pain that prevents activity, as well as high levels of happiness, and self-reports of good physical health, mental health, and successful aging. Methods: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) is a large, national, longitudinal study on aging. A secondary analysis of the baseline (i.e., 2011-2015) and Time 2 (i.e., 2015-2018) data of the CLSA was conducted on a sample of 7623 older adults who were defined as "aging successfully" at baseline and were aged 60+ at Time 2. Binary logistic regression analyses were employed to examine the association between engaging in various social participation activities at baseline and aging successfully at Time 2. Results: In a subsample (n = 7623) of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Comprehensive Cohort who were aging successfully at baseline, the prevalence of successful aging at Time 2 was significantly higher among the participants who participated in volunteer or charity work and recreational activities compared to those who were not involved in these activities. After adjusting for 22 potential factors, the results of the binary logistic regression analyses reported that participants who, at baseline, participated in volunteer or charity work and recreational activities had higher age-sex-adjusted odds of achieving successful aging (volunteer or charity work: aOR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.04, 1.33; recreational activities: aOR = 1.15, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.32). Conclusions: Among six types of social participation activities, people who participated in volunteer or charity work and recreational activities were more likely to achieve successful aging than their counterparts who did not engage in these activities. If these associations are found to be causal, policies and interventions encouraging older adults to participate in volunteer or charity work and recreational activities may support older adults to achieve successful aging in later life.

КОНСАЛТИНГ У ФІНАНСОВО-ІНВЕСТИЦІЙНОМУ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННІ РОЗВИТКУ РЕГІОНАЛЬНОЇ ЕКОНОМІКИ

Анотація. Визначено, що інформатизація економічного простору зумовлює зростання ролі консалтингу у фінансово-інвестиційному забезпеченні розвитку економік українських регіонів. Установлено на основі результатів регіонального виміру рівня локалізації консалтингової діяльності в Україні наявність диспропорцій у розвитку управлінського консалтингу у 2014—2019 рр. Констатовано, що споживання консалтингових послуг у регіонах має дискретний, фрагментарний характер. Виокремлено групи регіонів залежно від рівня попиту на послуги управлінського консалтингу. Виявлено, що особливості концентрації консалтингу обумовлені економічним становищем регіонів, їхньою спеціалізацією, територіальним зосередженням бізнесу у великих містах, наявністю гострої конкуренції серед консалтингових фірм. З’ясовано, що перешкодою до зростання ринку консалтингових послуг у регіонах є слабке розуміння керівниками територіальних органів влади і бізнес-структур ефективності професійного консалтингу при вирішенні конкретних соціально-економічних завдань. Запропоновано для поширення консалтингу в регіонах України створення регіональних центрів розвитку консалтингового співтовариства на основі організації мережі філій у напрямку від центру регіонального консалтингового ринку (обласних центрів) до прилеглих територіальних утворень. Зазначено, що поліпшенню консалтингового клімату в регіонах сприятиме формування дієвої системи правового регулювання консалтингової діяльності, розроблення механізмів ефективної взаємодії консалтингових структур, активізація діяльності професійних об’єднань консультантів, формування єдиної системи довідкової інформації про надавачів консалтингових послуг, оприлюднення результатів діяльності консалтингових фірм у засобах масової інформації, а також удосконалення консалтингової діяльності банківських установ. Ключові слова: консалтинг, фінансово-інвестиційне забезпечення, консалтингова діяльність банків, розвиток, регіональна економіка. Формул: 1; рис.: 2; табл.: 2; бібл.: 21.

Instructional Note: Exploring Professional Associations in First-Year Writing Courses

This instructional note contains a prompt and a set of step-by-step classroom instructions for introducing first-year writers to the functions and scholarly activities of professional associations.

The structure of complaints related to the quality of obstetric and gynecological care

Obstetrics and gynecology, like surgery, most often fall into the scope of litigation over the quality of medical care provided. The author has reviewed the researches devoted to the solution of the problem of minimizing the consequences of emerging conflicts. Often these conflicts are not associated with specific adverse outcomes of treatment. They are results of communication deficiencies between patients and medical personnel, of high cost of medical services and of the unwillingness to pay for them, and of the organization of the work of the medical institution. The main reasons for the frequent occurrence of disputes over obstetric and gynecological care: the emergency nature of obstetric care, the deterioration of general and gynecological health of women of reproductive age, the negligent attitude of some pregnant women to adherence to medical recommendations and a high level of their tendency to conflicts. The literature suggests measures to achieve a «professional consensus», that is, the resolution of disputes without the involvement of law enforcement agencies: a thorough investigation of the clinical cases that led to the a complaints, the use of the obtained results for staff development, the immediate apologies to the patient if the complaint is justified. Among the patients and especially their representatives, «consumer extremism» has spread. In order to counteract this, it is proposed to intensify the activities of professional associations and to introduce more widely tools professional liability insurance.

A look back on the Prairie: the Manitoba Health Libraries Association / Manitoba Association of Health Information Providers (MHLA / MAHIP) chapter history project

The Manitoba Association of Health Information Providers (MAHIP) is the provincial chapter of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliotheques de la sante du Canada (CHLA / ABSC). MAHIP (formerly the Manitoba Health Libraries Association or MHLA) has been in existence since 1976, and in 2011 it will celebrate its 35th anniversary as a professional association. Reaching this milestone inspired the membership to undertake a history project to better document the development and achievements accomplished throughout the life of the Association. The focus of the project was to gather and organize the Association’s documents, establish a digital repository of materials, and create a timeline that reflects the historical record of the Association. In so doing, the history project reflects a current wider interest in the history of library associations and how professional association activities parallel the growth and changing concerns of librarianship [1–4]. The MAHIP chapter history project has benefited from the examples of previously published chapter histories, including the history of the Northern Alberta Health Libraries Association (NAHLA) [5] and the useful CHLA Fact Sheet Reporting Your Chapter History: the Process [6] created by the NAHLA History Working Group. The challenges in locating, gathering, and organizing association documents and maintaining corporate memory will be familiar to many in volunteer-based organizations. MAHIP has been able to meet the challenges posed by the project, showcasing the chapter’s history and better understanding its place within the context of health librarianship in Manitoba and Canada. Methods and description

My Student, My Teacher: A Polytechnic Approach to Information Assurance

A polytechnic education involves the practical application of knowledge, including hands-on learning, senior projects, class projects, club activities, professional association activities, and internships. In 1824, the first polytechnic institution in the United States was the Rensselaer School in Troy, New York and today there are approximately 100 polytechnic universities. Several polytechnic institutions are leaders in teaching information assurance. Information assurance educators develop and depend on students to provide leadership in information assurance through active, engaged learning. The goal of this paper is to describe how a polytechnic approach supports information assurance education.

From Child’s Garden to Academic Press

The impermeability of schooling to reform is a frequent conclusion of studies of educational organizations, but historical accounts suggest that kindergartens have undergone significant transformation. Once a transitional year emphasizing child development, kindergarten now marks the beginning of formal academic instruction. Guided by institutional theory, this article explores the evolution of public discourse about kindergarten by analyzing newspaper articles, policy documents, and professional association activities. I argue that the media advanced academic messages about kindergarten before state activism, while the state later embedded an academic model in policy. The case of kindergarten surfaces general implications for understanding educational change, highlighting how new ideas and practices are advanced by a diverse set of actors in the organizational field.

Exploring the Role of Professional Associations in Collective Learning in London and New York's Advertising and Law Professional Service Firm Clusters

The value of regional economies for collective learning has been reported by numerous scholars. However often work has been criticised for lacking analytical clarity and failing to explore the architectures of collective learning and the role of the knowledge produced in making firms in a cluster economy successful. This paper engages with these problematics and investigates how collective learning is facilitated in the advertising and law professional service firm clusters in London and New York. It explores the role of professional associations and investigates how they mediate a collective learning process in each city. It argues that professional associations seed urban communities of practice that emerge outside of the formal activities of professional associations. In these communities individual with shared interests in advertising and law learn from one-another and are therefore able to adapt and evolve one-another approaches to common industry challenges. The paper suggests this is another form of the variation Marshall highlighted in relation to cluster-based collective learning. The paper also shows how the collective learning process is affected by the presence, absence and strength of an institutional thickness. It is therefore argued that a richer understanding of institutional affects is needed in relation to CL.

Exploring the Role of Professional Associations in Collective Learning in London and New York's Advertising and Law Professional-Service-Firm Clusters

The value of regional economies for collective learning has been reported by numerous scholars. However, often their work has been criticised for lacking analytical clarity and failing to explore the architectures of collective learning and the role of the knowledge produced in making firms in a cluster economy successful. In this paper I engage with these problematics and investigate how collective learning is facilitated in the advertising and law professional-service-firm clusters in London and New York. I explore the role of professional associations and investigate how they mediate a collective-learning process in each city. I argue that professional associations seed urban communities of practice that emerge outside of the formal activities of professional associations. In these communities individuals with shared interests in advertising and law learn from one another and are therefore able to adapt and evolve one-another's approaches to common industry challenges. I suggest this is another form of the variation Marshall highlighted in relation to cluster-based collective learning. I also show how the collective-learning process is affected by the presence, absence, and strength of an institutional thickness. I therefore argue that a richer understanding of institutional effects is needed in relation to collective learning.

Preparing faculty to meet the needs of developmental students

AbstractCommunity college faculty who teach developmental English classes face numerous pedagogical challenges. Graduate programs, in‐service training, and professional association activities help prepare faculty for these challenges, but additional support is needed.

Türk Kütüphaneciliği Dergisinin Yayın Yaşamındaki Yeri

One of the most important activities of professional associations is to contribute in life long learning facilities of their members through publications. Turkish Librarians' Association has started such contribution since three years after its foundation. Journal of Turkish Librarianship (JTL) with its professional and scholarly contents has been the most significant information source for the Turkish librarians during the last 50 years. JTL became an international and a peer-reviewed journal without changing its publication frequency which was determined at the beginning. This particular study showed that there is a correlation between the covered subjects and development stages of Turkish librarianship. This paper examines JTL's evolving phases and its development, and the subject titles covered by JTL from the beginning to present.

Professional service involvement of leadership faculty: An assessment of gender, role, and satisfaction

This study explored gender differences among educational administration faculty and their participation in and satisfaction with professional association activities. The study population would be characterized as overwhelmingly male and white, but with women and minority candidates beginning to enter the faculty ranks. Women faculty reported involvement in more professional service activities and a slightly higher satisfaction with their involvement than their male colleagues. However, women participated in different types of and more professional association activities than men.

A5C4DE2IL3MNOR2SU2(ak · del · em · nor · su) Decoding the Library Profession's Response to Emerging Networked Resources

Abstract Over the past 10 years, librarians have seen networking's significant impact on library services and operations. Despite experience with this change, the promise of even greater change in the future is unsettling. We sense excitement; we feel challenged; and yes, we are afraid. How has the library profession responded to network developments? How can we as professionals make the most of the promise of unlimited access to information resources? To answer these and other questions, the history (do we dare call 10 years a history!) of professional association activities on network development will be reviewed. Recommendations will be offered for future activities by both individuals and professional associations.

Veterinary issues survey—Part I: Professional association activities

Veterinary issues survey—Part I: Professional association activities

Library and Information Science Faculty: Their Lives as Scholars

Reported are the findings of a 1988-89 study of full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty in U.S. programs accredited by the American Library Association. The 331 respondents made up over 69 percent of all eligible faculty. The study, funded by the Council on Library Resources, attempted to replicate the American Council of Learned Societies' (ACLS) 1985 Survey of Scholars in seven social sciences and humanities disciplines and to assemble data for comparison. This article focuses on what was learned about faculty members' collegial research relationships, publishing experiences, professional association activities, attitudes toward the scholarly and professional literatures of their field, computer skills and uses, and overall job satisfaction. The study's central thesis was that library school faculty members, as people identified with a profession and deeply involved in problems of practice, would show weaker records as academicians and scholars than the ACLS respondents, excepting only their skills ...

Professional Associations: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?

This paper begins with an analysis of two streams of opinion concerning professional associations. On the one hand there are those who criticize these associations for monopolistic practices, elitism and self interest. On the other hand there are those who see professional associations as contributing positively to the welfare of society. Reasons for these differences of opinion are examined. Then the activities of professional associations are compared and contrasted with those of trade unions. This leads on to an examination of the power of professional associations, and their place within the system of social stratification. Possible countervailing forces are considered.

Factors Effecting Research Productivity

This paper addresses the problem of insufficient research in library schools. It assumes that part of the reason for the problem lies in the lack of full socialization of library educators to the norms of academe, and in a lack of understanding of their role in the library profession as well as their role as academics. Pertinent literature is reviewed and an informal proposal for investigation of library education is set forth. The investigation is seen as an aid to improved socialization and as a means of improving library education by making it accountable. Among the factors proposed for investigation are research capability, quality and quantity of publication, colleague environment, amount of time spent on professional association activities, and the reward system of library education. It is proposed finally that deans and directors be judged by the performance record of their schools.

Personal Influence Networks and Participation in Professional Association Activities

Personal Influence Networks and Participation in Professional Association Activities